Artist Details

John Mc Nulty

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Barn with Tractor 4

 

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Born in Dublin in 1949, John studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland and at the Etching Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. His critically acclaimed works have attracted a wide and enthusiastic following around the world.

The artist has worked in the following studios:
Centre de la Gravure, Geneva, Switzerland
Atelier Raymond Mayer, Lausanne, Switzerland
AGB Graphics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Graphic Studio, Dublin, Ireland

He is presently working from his own studio
near Hollymount in County Mayo, Ireland

John's work has appeared in several motion pictures including the 1987 film Wall Street, directed by Oliver Stone, and in the 1991 film Regarding Henry, directed by Mike Nichols. He was also the winner of the Norman Ackroyd best etching prize at Impressions Biennial, Galway in 2006 and the O'Sullivan Graphics prize at the RHA annual exhibition in 2008".

Group exhibitions include;
Listowel International Bradford Print Biennale
4th Miami Print Biennial Oireachtais, Dublin
Irish Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI Setanta Gallery, Dublin
Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI Lincoln Gallery, Dublin
Soll Graphics, Philadelphia Stone Art Gallery, Spiddal
Yugoslavian Print Biennale Cong Art Gallery
Project Gallery, Dublin Claremorris Open Exhibition
Original Print Gallery, Dublin Waterfront Gallery, Westport
Iontas Small Works, Sligo Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Kenny Gallery, Galway Irish Print Gallery, Kinsale
RHA (7 years) Boyle Arts Festival
Hallward Gallery, Dublin Impressions, Galway, 2006, ‘08
Millcove Gallery

International Art Fairs include; Basle, Tokyo, New York and Brisbane.

Winner of Norman Ackroyd best etching prize at Impressions Biennial, Galway 2006.
Invited exhibitor Boyle Art Exhibition 2007.
Winner of the O’Sullivan Graphics award RHA 2008.

Commissions include editions of etchings for the Irish Presidency of the EU, The Aghadoe Heights Hotel, Jurys and The Ormonde Hotel.

Collections include:
Jury’s Hotels, Norwich Union Insurance, The K Club, Irish Diplomatic Corps, Sears-Chicago, Marine Midland Bank – New York, Carter Wallace, Metropolitan Insurance Co., Smith Barney, Amoco, London Atlantic Insurance Co., ARB Council of Ireland, IBM, Glaxo, American Express, HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Bank of Scotland, Sainsburys, Unisys Computers, Aghadoe Heights Hotel – Killarney, Ormond Hotel – Kilkenny. Boyle Civic Collection


John’s work reflects his interest in the landscape and culture of the west of Ireland. The way of life for many has changed from having sustainable small family farms a few years ago to a less personal, more industrial form of agriculture with more income in the rural areas coming from the towns.
The work explores qualities of rural life that he feels are drifting away from the communities. The enclosed environment of a small working farm used to be a magical place to grow up in, now the scale of equipment and buildings required to operate a farm have removed this intimate relationship with the land.